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FBI Arrests Alleged Owner of Deer.io, a Top Broker of Stolen Accounts

Krebs on Security

FBI officials last week arrested a Russian computer security researcher on suspicion of operating deer.io , a vast marketplace for buying and selling stolen account credentials for thousands of popular online services and stores. also is a favored marketplace for people involved in selling phony social media accounts.

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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

Code-signing certificates are supposed to help authenticate the identity of software publishers, and provide cryptographic assurance that a signed piece of software has not been altered or tampered with. That same email address also is tied to two forum accounts for a user with the handle “ O.R.Z.” ru in 2008.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, May 2022 Edition

Krebs on Security

By all accounts, the most urgent bug Microsoft addressed this month is CVE-2022-26925 , a weakness in a central component of Windows security (the “ Local Security Authority ” process within Windows). The flaw affects Windows 7 through 10 and Windows Server 2008 through 2022. in certain situations. in certain situations.

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Microsoft provides more mitigation instructions for the PetitPotam attack

Malwarebytes

The PetitPotam PoC takes the form of a manipulator-in-the-middle (MitM) attack against Microsoft’s NTLM authentication system. The targeted computer is forced to initiate an authentication procedure and share its authentication details via NTLM. The authentication process does not require the plaintext password.

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GUEST ESSAY: Restore Us Institute (RUI) aims to protect Americans from online harms and crimes

The Last Watchdog

Unfortunately, the Internet was never designed to operate at that scale, or with the necessary authentication, security, and privacy capabilities essential for such an infrastructure. Internet un accountability policy a root cause of Internet in security? Utopia meet reality. “It was actually an oversight.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

bank accounts. 2008, wherein he addresses forum members with the salutation, “Hello Gentlemen Scammers.” Multiple accounts are registered to that email address under the name Alexander Valerievich Grichishkin , from Cherepovets. This post is an attempt to remedy that omission. ws was registered to an Andrew Artz.

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The Clock is Ticking for PCI DSS 4.0 Compliance

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The deadline is fast approaching The PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was developed in 2008 to standardize the security controls that need to be enforced by businesses processing payment card data in order to protect cardholder data and sensitive authentication data wherever it is stored, processed, or transmitted. Requirement 3.2